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The Inner City. In this lesson I will Describe what urban decay is. Describe the problems of housing in the inner city. Describe how these problems have been solved by urban renewal. How do we recognise this area on a map ?. Old transport links Railways, canals, dis-used railways. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • The Inner City In this lesson I willDescribe what urban decay is.Describe the problems of housing in the inner city.Describe how these problems have been solved by urban renewal.

  • How do we recognise this area on a map?Old transport linksRailways, canals, dis-used railways.Straight roads.Derelict land.Tenement, high density housing.

  • Glasgows Inner City ProblemsThe inner city suffers from urban decay. This means it is run down and in poor condition.poor housing, pollution, derelict buildings, lack of government investment, high unemployment.

  • Tenement HousingWas built quickly to house the huge number of workers that came to Glasgow to work in the ship yards.Built quicklyBuilt CheaplyPoorly maintainedOver crowdedDisease ridden, rat infestedNo running waterShared toiletsNo waste disposal or sanitation.

  • Comprehensive Re-development

  • Peripheral Housing Estate

  • The impact of Peripheral Housing SchemesHigh Unemployment.Isolation.Drug abuse.Gangs.Violence.Social deprivation and exclusion.FAILURE!!!!!!!

  • High Rise flats in the Gorbals

  • Urban RenewalWhen money is invested in renewing and improving the conditions in the inner city.

  • Urban Renewal much better idea????Knocking flats togetherAdding double glazingFitting indoor bathrooms with hot and cold running water.Re-roofing buildings.Urban Renewal Bringing life back to the old parts of the cities!

  • GEAR Glasgow Eastern Area Renewal 1976 -1987

    Involved the local community.Modernization not demolition.New jobs, industries, businesses12 000 new rehabilitated homes.More amenities sport centres etcSuccessful!!

  • The Clyde today

  • Page 59Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8.

  • Traffic CongestionProblems.Increasing car ownershipGrid iron street pattern too narrow.Only four bridges cross the Clyde therefore congested.

  • Problems TackledM8 ringroadClyde TunnelRedevelopment of the underground systemParking restrictionsOut of town shoppingOne way streetsPedestrian Precincts.

  • UnemploymentProblemDecline of heavy industry due to lack of coal, iron ore and steel. These could be provided cheaper abroad.Ship building could not compete on a world scale.Unemployment was at an all time high 1960s and 1970s.

  • Unemployment TackledMajor investment in service sector.SECC, city of architecture 1998.Business centres resulting in hotel growth.Glasgow Airport investment and expansions.Call centre capital of Europe.New Hotels all over the city.

  • Social InequalitiesProblemsRising unemployment in the 1980sIndustrial decline.Low cost high density housing.Unhealthy diest linked to poverty.Drumchapel life expectancy 60, Bearsden 75.49% of Glasgows housing suffer dampness.

  • Social Inequalities TackledGovernment invested money in housing associations to renovate housing stock. Has been a success in Castlemilk.Still big lack of investment in poorer areas.